Afghan Khorjeen

Afghan KhorjeenCreated by highly skilled Qashqai weavers who are renowned for their expressive craftsmanship and attention to detail, the Khorjeen (Khorjin) with its stunning abrash is highly prized and dearly loved by collectors. Diamond patterns feature heavily in these colourful hand knotted pile carpets, also known as Qashqai Saddlebag rugs. Made with handspun Ghazni wool, the designs are fashioned after khorjin, the antique tribal camel bags crafted in the

and many have silk fields or highlights of silk

Hand-knotting results in straight-lined patterns that include humans

Good quality rugs

Turkemistan and Afghanistan

at once exotic and warm

their only colour deriving from natural variations in the raw wool

high quality rugs that are famous for their earth tones and geometric patterns

medium-sized hand-woven pile rugs feature simple

The name comes from the Persian 'chob'

influenced by the Persian varieties

wall decoration and carpets

It is the semi-nomadic Kudish people of Markad – living in tribes away from the city and practicing the traditions of their ancestors – that weave the tribal Lilian rug